Venus Retrograde in Aries

@lilyrose_depp as our lady of love

Our Lady of Love's annual retreat has begun as she withdraws to contemplate, revise and thus reinvigorate all that tickles and tugs at our hummingbird hearts. Venus rules those areas of our life that bring us pleasure - or her counterbalance, pain - and which reflect our values, desires, taste and attractions.

An obvious spotlight falls across love and relationships of all kinds. Retrogrades beg deep consideration so turn your attention these next forty days to the partnerships that are nourishing (or polluting) your life and adjust accordingly. Venus is retro in Aries first, an energy that can seek conquest over connection, so temper any need to win or to dominate. Collaborate instead to smooth even the roughest edges and seek the deeper understanding that can be borne of conflict. See it through.

Venus pushes through this fiery gate to the surreal and the serene once she enters Pisces, effectively bringing two distinct energies to her retrograde: dual arms for the revolution of our heaving hearts. Exalted in these shimmering waters, Venus in Pisces is visionary and tender, bringing with her a desire for peace, evolution and deep true love.

Venus' pentamic journey through our skies and our lives brings her influence to art and beauty, tastes and inclinations, money and creature comforts. Retrograde is a time to re-inspire ourselves in any or all of these areas. The muse is all about us now. Seek inspiration and the reveal of an alternative flowering path over the next forty days. Drink in her slowed blessings and all the new flavour they can bring to our life and loves.


Words C. Kerrie Basha, 2017